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下関地域鯨油高度化利用産官学連携推進協議会事業の取り組みについて
2022 年 62 巻 3 号 p. 82-86
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2022 年 62 巻 3 号 p. 82-86
On July 1, 2019, Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years. Since the time of the previous research whaling, how to effectively utilize unused parts of whales has been a matter of concern, and in order to carry out a verification test for that purpose, industry-government-academia related organizations and organizations in Shimonoseki 2019 In August of the year, the Shimonoseki Regional Whale Oil Advanced Utilization Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Promotion Council was established. For three years from 2019, the Council will prototype fish feed using whale oil and fertilizer produced from whalebone as a project of the Institute of Cetacean Research using a subsidy from the Fisheries Agency, and test the results and cost estimation. We have conducted research and have been working toward commercialization in the future. Efforts to effectively utilize unused parts of whales have just begun, but they have various possibilities that will lead to regional development.
